Reading is the process of looking at a series of written symbols and texts for getting their meaning of them. It is all about understanding the written series. It is the act of looking at printed words, symbols, letters to understand them.

The power of reading


         The power of reading focuses on fast comprehension, reading power helps us to read texts, letters, etc fast and understand them well and quickly. It emphasizes the reader to read the text fast and in an easy way to memorize the text and message, all that is possible when we are aware of their culture.

Reading gives information about all subjects and every aspect of life which includes, Art, people, culture, biography, religion, places, etc.

Styles of reading


Scanning                                                                                                      

          This is the style of reading that refers to the specific point of text or message. When a reader wants to read only a specific thing in a written paragraph then he/she skips overall unwanted things in a paragraph and reads those specific points that he/she was searching for.

Skimming                                                                                                   

          This style of reading refers to the journal ideas of texts that the reader finds and doesn’t go for the search of the written text.  Here the reader doesn’t go for details of the text, only finds the main or journal ideas of a text.

 

 

In-depth reading                                                                             

          This style of reading refers to the deep reading of the written text. The in-depth reader is not hurried of reading only main and journal ideas of text rather he/she reads the text very deeply and in detail to get the smallest word’s meaning and the concept of the text.

Intensive reading                 


                                                        

          This style refers to the full concentration when the reader is reading the text. When intensive readers are reading it looks like they are included in the concept of text or message. This means, if a reader is reading a novel intensively then he/she imagines that everything is happening in front of their eyes and they are part of it.

Extensive reading;                                                                                    

          This is the complete opposite of intensive reading where the reader reads the text with zero concentration. They read it just as time pass and as a formality, no understanding occurs when the reader reads extensively.

Importance of reading

          Reading helps us to understand the other language and translate it into our native language.  It helps us to learn a new language and also helps us to build our vocabulary. It makes us comfortable in other places when we visit there and if we have read about that place and know the language then we will not suffer there, mostly if we read English and understand it then almost we will be comfortable everywhere because English is the second language which is almost being talked all over the world.  Reading gives us knowledge and inspiration.  Reading helps to relax our mind because when we read we try to visualize whatever we read and this is a healthy exercise of our mind.  

 

By: Abdul Basit Fida

The writer is a Student at Atta Shad Degree College Turbat

Kech Balochistan